1995–96 Logan Cup

The 1995–96 Logan Cup, known as the Lonrho Logan Cup for sponsorship reasons, was a first-class cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 15 September 1995 – 21 April 1996.[1] It was won by Matabeleland, who beat Mashonaland Country Districts in the final having finished second behind them in the league stage of the competition.[2][3] In the first innings of the final, Wayne James of Matabeleland, equaled the record of most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper, with nine.[4] He went on to take four more dismissals in the second innings, breaking the record for most dismissals in a match.[4]

1995–96 Logan Cup

Administrator(s)	Zimbabwe Cricket
Cricket format	First-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system and Final
Champions	Matabeleland (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches played	7
Most runs	348 – David Houghton (Mashonaland)
Most wickets	25 – Bryan Strang (Mashonaland Country Districts)

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
Mashonaland Country Districts	3	2	0	1	0	0	23.5	30	–0.5	75
Matabeleland	3	2	0	0	1	0	26	26	–1.6	72.4
Mashonaland	3	1	2	0	0	0	19.5	27.5	–0.8	56.2
Young Mashonaland	3	0	2	0	0	1	18	16.5	0	34.5
Source:CricketArchive[3]

Final

19–21 April 1996 Scorecard

Mashonaland Country Districts	v	Matabeleland
265 (85 overs) Jason Oates 115 Darshan Vaghmaria 4/108 (25 overs)		220 (82.1 overs) Wayne James 99 Bryan Strang 4/69 (26 overs)
128 (39.3 overs) Donald Campbell 35 John Rennie 6/42 (19.3 overs)		176/4 (44.2 overs) Wayne James 99* Trevor Stead 2/19 (8 overs)

Matabeleland won by 6 wickets Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Graeme Evans and Jeff Fenwick

• Mashonaland Country Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Lonhro Logan Cup 1995/96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
2. "Matabeleland v Mashonaland Country Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
3. "Lonhro Logan Cup 1995/96 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
4. "'Is that you, John Wayne?'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2017.